Transformation of a Mathematics Department's Teaching and Research Through a Focus on Computational Science

Volume 4, Issue 1 (October 2013), pp. 24–29

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@article{jocse-4-1-4,
  author={Yanlai Chen and Gary Davis and Sigal Gottlieb and Adam Hausknecht and Alfa Heryudono and Saeja Kim},
  title={Transformation of a Mathematics Department's Teaching and Research Through a Focus on Computational Science},
  journal={The Journal of Computational Science Education},
  year=2013,
  month=oct,
  volume=4,
  issue=1,
  pages={24--29},
  doi={https://doi.org/10.22369/issn.2153-4136/4/1/4}
}

Undergraduate teaching that focuses on student-driven research, mentored by research active faculty, can have a powerful effect in bringing relevance and cohesiveness to a department's programs. We describe and discuss such a program in computational mathematics, and the effects this program has had on the students, the faculty, the department and the university.